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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed the number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be over eight times higher than the number given by the State government&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chennai: &lt;/em&gt;As against the declared number of 863 deaths due to COVID-19 in six government hospitals during April and May, the actual number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be 13.6 times higher for these six hospitals, indicating under-reporting of deaths in the State, the NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Taking up an analysis of death data in six hospitals -- Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital, Tiruchi, Vellore Medical College Hospital, Karur Medical College Hospital and Tiruppur Government Headquarters Hospital, Arappor Iyakkam, claimed it found that a total of 11,699 deaths occurred during April and May 2021.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Explaining the methodology, Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyyakkam said the report was based on the death certificate data released by the State government on a website, and necessitated comparison with previous years. They found that the data had been uploaded for 2019, 2020 and 2021 for these six hospitals.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Data for the number of death certificates issued for males and females were collected for each day from January to May for each of these hospitals for 2019, 2020 and 2021. This was compared with the deaths declared for these hospitals in the daily bulletin released by the Health Department (April and May 2021).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The number of deaths in these six hospitals was around 2,000 per month from January to March 2021. The number of deaths were around 2,000 per month during April and May in the previous years. However, it increased to 3,009 in April 2021 and to 8,690 in May 2021, according to the report.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In short, this was 7,262 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2019, and 8,438 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2020. In the absence of other major factors, these increased deaths were likely to be due to COVID-19 and its complications, he said.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Data for the number of death certificates issued for males and females were collected for each day from January to May for each of these hospitals for 2019, 2020 and 2021. This was compared with the deaths declared for these hospitals in the daily bulletin released by the Health Department (April and May 2021).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The number of deaths in these six hospitals was around 2,000 per month from January to March 2021. The number of deaths were around 2,000 per month during April and May in the previous years. However, it increased to 3,009 in April 2021 and to 8,690 in May 2021, according to the report.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed the number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be over eight times higher than the number given by the State government&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chennai: &lt;/em&gt;As against the declared number of 863 deaths due to COVID-19 in six government hospitals during April and May, the actual number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be 13.6 times higher for these six hospitals, indicating under-reporting of deaths in the State, the NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Explaining the methodology, Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyyakkam said the report was based on the death certificate data released by the State government on a website, and necessitated comparison with previous years. They found that the data had been uploaded for 2019, 2020 and 2021 for these six hospitals.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Data for the number of death certificates issued for males and females were collected for each day from January to May for each of these hospitals for 2019, 2020 and 2021. This was compared with the deaths declared for these hospitals in the daily bulletin released by the Health Department (April and May 2021).&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed the number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be over eight times higher than the number given by the State government&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chennai: &lt;/em&gt;As against the declared number of 863 deaths due to COVID-19 in six government hospitals during April and May, the actual number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be 13.6 times higher for these six hospitals, indicating under-reporting of deaths in the State, the NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Taking up an analysis of death data in six hospitals -- Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital, Tiruchi, Vellore Medical College Hospital, Karur Medical College Hospital and Tiruppur Government Headquarters Hospital, Arappor Iyakkam, claimed it found that a total of 11,699 deaths occurred during April and May 2021.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Explaining the methodology, Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyyakkam said the report was based on the death certificate data released by the State government on a website, and necessitated comparison with previous years. They found that the data had been uploaded for 2019, 2020 and 2021 for these six hospitals.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Data for the number of death certificates issued for males and females were collected for each day from January to May for each of these hospitals for 2019, 2020 and 2021. This was compared with the deaths declared for these hospitals in the daily bulletin released by the Health Department (April and May 2021).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The number of deaths in these six hospitals was around 2,000 per month from January to March 2021. The number of deaths were around 2,000 per month during April and May in the previous years. However, it increased to 3,009 in April 2021 and to 8,690 in May 2021, according to the report.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In total, there were 11,699 deaths in April and May 2021 in these hospitals -- 3,152 in Madurai, 3,464 in Coimbatore, 1,806 in Tiruchi, 1,416 in Vellore, 960 in Karur and 907 in Tiruppur -- as against 4,437 in 2019 and 3,261 in 2020.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In short, this was 7,262 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2019, and 8,438 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2020. In the absence of other major factors, these increased deaths were likely to be due to COVID-19 and its complications, he said.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed the number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be over eight times higher than the number given by the State government&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chennai: &lt;/em&gt;As against the declared number of 863 deaths due to COVID-19 in six government hospitals during April and May, the actual number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be 13.6 times higher for these six hospitals, indicating under-reporting of deaths in the State, the NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Taking up an analysis of death data in six hospitals -- Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital, Tiruchi, Vellore Medical College Hospital, Karur Medical College Hospital and Tiruppur Government Headquarters Hospital, Arappor Iyakkam, claimed it found that a total of 11,699 deaths occurred during April and May 2021.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Explaining the methodology, Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyyakkam said the report was based on the death certificate data released by the State government on a website, and necessitated comparison with previous years. They found that the data had been uploaded for 2019, 2020 and 2021 for these six hospitals.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Data for the number of death certificates issued for males and females were collected for each day from January to May for each of these hospitals for 2019, 2020 and 2021. This was compared with the deaths declared for these hospitals in the daily bulletin released by the Health Department (April and May 2021).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;The number of deaths in these six hospitals was around 2,000 per month from January to March 2021. The number of deaths were around 2,000 per month during April and May in the previous years. However, it increased to 3,009 in April 2021 and to 8,690 in May 2021, according to the report.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In total, there were 11,699 deaths in April and May 2021 in these hospitals -- 3,152 in Madurai, 3,464 in Coimbatore, 1,806 in Tiruchi, 1,416 in Vellore, 960 in Karur and 907 in Tiruppur -- as against 4,437 in 2019 and 3,261 in 2020.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In short, this was 7,262 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2019, and 8,438 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2020. In the absence of other major factors, these increased deaths were likely to be due to COVID-19 and its complications, he said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/analysis-finds-under-reporting-of-covid-19-deaths-in-six-hospitals-in-tn/article34821430.ece?homepage=true&amp;amp;fbclid=IwAR0ozYd00lEdzRISy8-4lAHHTYCsrp_Yp8mLt-b1JZo2DKNIDbvZRP8N_es&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&lt;/p&gt;
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		'description' => '<p style="text-align:justify">-The Hindu</p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><em>NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed the number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be over eight times higher than the number given by the State government</em></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><em>Chennai: </em>As against the declared number of 863 deaths due to COVID-19 in six government hospitals during April and May, the actual number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be 13.6 times higher for these six hospitals, indicating under-reporting of deaths in the State, the NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Taking up an analysis of death data in six hospitals -- Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital, Tiruchi, Vellore Medical College Hospital, Karur Medical College Hospital and Tiruppur Government Headquarters Hospital, Arappor Iyakkam, claimed it found that a total of 11,699 deaths occurred during April and May 2021.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Explaining the methodology, Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyyakkam said the report was based on the death certificate data released by the State government on a website, and necessitated comparison with previous years. They found that the data had been uploaded for 2019, 2020 and 2021 for these six hospitals.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Data for the number of death certificates issued for males and females were collected for each day from January to May for each of these hospitals for 2019, 2020 and 2021. This was compared with the deaths declared for these hospitals in the daily bulletin released by the Health Department (April and May 2021).</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The number of deaths in these six hospitals was around 2,000 per month from January to March 2021. The number of deaths were around 2,000 per month during April and May in the previous years. However, it increased to 3,009 in April 2021 and to 8,690 in May 2021, according to the report.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In total, there were 11,699 deaths in April and May 2021 in these hospitals -- 3,152 in Madurai, 3,464 in Coimbatore, 1,806 in Tiruchi, 1,416 in Vellore, 960 in Karur and 907 in Tiruppur -- as against 4,437 in 2019 and 3,261 in 2020.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In short, this was 7,262 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2019, and 8,438 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2020. In the absence of other major factors, these increased deaths were likely to be due to COVID-19 and its complications, he said.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/analysis-finds-under-reporting-of-covid-19-deaths-in-six-hospitals-in-tn/article34821430.ece?homepage=true&amp;fbclid=IwAR0ozYd00lEdzRISy8-4lAHHTYCsrp_Yp8mLt-b1JZo2DKNIDbvZRP8N_es">click here</a> to read more.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><em>NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed the number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be over eight times higher than the number given by the State government</em></p>

<p style="text-align:justify"><em>Chennai: </em>As against the declared number of 863 deaths due to COVID-19 in six government hospitals during April and May, the actual number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be 13.6 times higher for these six hospitals, indicating under-reporting of deaths in the State, the NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Taking up an analysis of death data in six hospitals -- Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital, Tiruchi, Vellore Medical College Hospital, Karur Medical College Hospital and Tiruppur Government Headquarters Hospital, Arappor Iyakkam, claimed it found that a total of 11,699 deaths occurred during April and May 2021.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Explaining the methodology, Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyyakkam said the report was based on the death certificate data released by the State government on a website, and necessitated comparison with previous years. They found that the data had been uploaded for 2019, 2020 and 2021 for these six hospitals.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Data for the number of death certificates issued for males and females were collected for each day from January to May for each of these hospitals for 2019, 2020 and 2021. This was compared with the deaths declared for these hospitals in the daily bulletin released by the Health Department (April and May 2021).</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The number of deaths in these six hospitals was around 2,000 per month from January to March 2021. The number of deaths were around 2,000 per month during April and May in the previous years. However, it increased to 3,009 in April 2021 and to 8,690 in May 2021, according to the report.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In total, there were 11,699 deaths in April and May 2021 in these hospitals -- 3,152 in Madurai, 3,464 in Coimbatore, 1,806 in Tiruchi, 1,416 in Vellore, 960 in Karur and 907 in Tiruppur -- as against 4,437 in 2019 and 3,261 in 2020.</p>

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Analysis finds under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths in six hospitals in Tamil Nadu

-The Hindu NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed the number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be over eight times higher than the number given by the State government Chennai: As against the declared number of 863 deaths due to COVID-19 in six government hospitals during April and May, the actual number of COVID-19 related deaths is likely to be 13.6 times higher for these six hospitals, indicating under-reporting of deaths in the State, the NGO Arappor Iyakkam has claimed. Taking up an analysis of death data in six hospitals -- Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital, Tiruchi, Vellore Medical College Hospital, Karur Medical College Hospital and Tiruppur Government Headquarters Hospital, Arappor Iyakkam, claimed it found that a total of 11,699 deaths occurred during April and May 2021. Explaining the methodology, Jayaram Venkatesan, convenor of Arappor Iyyakkam said the report was based on the death certificate data released by the State government on a website, and necessitated comparison with previous years. They found that the data had been uploaded for 2019, 2020 and 2021 for these six hospitals. Data for the number of death certificates issued for males and females were collected for each day from January to May for each of these hospitals for 2019, 2020 and 2021. This was compared with the deaths declared for these hospitals in the daily bulletin released by the Health Department (April and May 2021). The number of deaths in these six hospitals was around 2,000 per month from January to March 2021. The number of deaths were around 2,000 per month during April and May in the previous years. However, it increased to 3,009 in April 2021 and to 8,690 in May 2021, according to the report. In total, there were 11,699 deaths in April and May 2021 in these hospitals -- 3,152 in Madurai, 3,464 in Coimbatore, 1,806 in Tiruchi, 1,416 in Vellore, 960 in Karur and 907 in Tiruppur -- as against 4,437 in 2019 and 3,261 in 2020. In short, this was 7,262 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2019, and 8,438 more than the number of deaths in April and May 2020. In the absence of other major factors, these increased deaths were likely to be due to COVID-19 and its complications, he said. Please click here to read more.